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Hamburg June 9th 1990 (1CD)

Live at Alsdorfer Sporthalle/Hamburg on (7.)9.Jun.90

Tracklist
  1. The Future
  2. 1999
  3. Housequake
  4. Sexy Dancer
  5. Kiss
  6. I'm In The Mood
  7. Blues
  8. Purple Rain
  9. Raspberry Beret
  10. Take Me With U
  11. Alphabet Street
  12. It Takes Two
  13. Do Me Baby
  14. The Question Of You
  15. Nothing Compares 2 U
  16. Little Red Corvette
  17. Baby I'm A Star
  18. Respect

Happy Birthday Prince

Review

He's Got The Look

Aftershow at New Morning/Paris on 14.Jun.87

Label
Rock Solid - RS 009
Review
Tracklist
  1. Red House
  2. Intrumental [Possibly a C.P. song]
  3. Just My Imagination
  4. Wasn't My Faith [Wasn't My Face ?]
  5. Mutiny
  6. Sex Machine
  7. Housequake

Head

Review

Heaven must be near

Review
Tracklist
  1. Heaven Must Be Near
  2. If You Break My Heart
  3. Witness
  4. Grand Progression
  5. Manic Monday
  6. Power Fantastic
  7. Electric Intercourse
  8. Crucial
  9. Welcome To The Rat Race
  10. Eternity
  11. The Screams Of Passion

Hello Holland

Label   :                  Cat # : PRN 002
Released: September 1996   Format: 2 CD
Source  : June 1987, Live in Holland
Type    : Audience Recording
Rating by Dazeofwild@aol.com
Sound: VG/VG-
Tracklist
Disc 1
  1. Mutiny
  2. Two
  3. Three
  4. Six
  5. Sign O' the Times
  6. Play in the Sunshine
  7. Little Red Corvette
  8. Housequake
  9. Girls and Boys
  10. Slow Love
  11. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
  12. Hot Thing
  13. Now's the Time
  14. If I Was Your Girlfriend
Total time: 70:08

Disc 2
  1. Let's Go Crazy
  2. When Doves Cry
  3. Purple Rain
  4. 1999
  5. Forever in My Life
  6. Kiss
  7. The Cross
  8. It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night
  9. A Love Bizarre*
  10. Raspberry Beret*
Total time: 55:52

* = Taken from two other shows on the 1987 Sign O' the Times tour

Review by Dazeofwild@aol.com
Complete Sign O' the Times tour shows are rare on CD, especially with the Madhouse opening set, but...this is a below average recording, with boring packaging that doesn't do justice to this splendid tour. Sure this show was probably great, perhaps one of the best!? But the bad sound quality hides any hope of falling for this show and wanting to listen to it the whole way through. The bonus tracks at the end were rare inclusions for this tour but really add very little to this lame set. The Moonraker release of Wonderboy renders this release to the point of worthless.

Recommendation
For only extreme CD concert completists. Avoid otherwise and find Wonderboy or the upcoming For Those of Yo on Valium.

Hide the Bone (1CD)

Live at Glam Slam Miami, 9. June 1994

Review
Tracklist
  1. Drum solo intro
  2. Soul Sacrifice
  3. 319
  4. Hide the Bone
  5. Ripopgodazippa
  6. Get Wild
  7. Johnny

His Royal Badness (2CD)

Live at New Orleans on 25.Feb.82

Label
Men at Work 5517.2
Review
Tracklist
  1. The Second Coming
  2. Uptown
  3. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?
  4. When U Were Mine
  5. I Wanna Be Your Lover
  6. Head
  7. Annie Christian
  8. Dirty Mind
  9. Do Me Baby
  10. Controversy
  11. Let's Work
  12. Jack U Off

Hollywood Affair

Label   : Sabotage         Cat # : SAB-014
Released: February 1997    Format: 1 CD
Source  : The lost Kim Basinger album
Type    : Soundboard Recording
Rating
Sound: VG- to EX-
Tracklist
Disc 1
  1. Come On*
  2. My Love Will Find U*
  3. I Wanna*
  4. 2 Naughty*
  5. Love at First Sight*
  6. Show Me*
  7. Action, Action*
  8. Color of Sex*
  9. Will U Stay With Me*
  10. Soul Psychodelicide (Fuzz Tone Mix)~
  11. Soul Psychodelicide (Kim's Mix)^
  12. Batdance (extended mix)+
  13. Soul Psychodelicide+
Total time: 72:00

* = by Kim Basinger
~ = bonus track by Prince with George Clinton
^ = bonus track by Prince with Kim Basinger & George Clinton
+ = bonus track by Prince

Review by dbrooks@pond.com
This is the shelved album by Kim Basinger. All of the tracks were written and produced by Prince. It's a shame that this album was never released, because it has some of the best Prince work on it! Come On is a great lustful uptempo jam with some very good vocals by Kim. Love at First Sight and Will U Stay With Me are beyond-excellent soul ballads. The latter being an emotionally-charged ballad with some standout keyboards/synthesizers! 2 Naughty is a nice mid-tempo track with some guitar rock added to it. Action, Action is the weakest track on the album. It features Kim rapping through the verses. It's nice to have the extended version of Batdance (which sounds a litte weird IMHO). Soul Psychodelcide is another welcomed addition to this CD (all 3 versions)! I just wish that George Clinton would release all the songs that he has in his vault from the Paisley Park years (i.e.: Another Word for House, My Pony, Making It Easy, etc.). The big problem with this CD is that the sound quality suffers considerately, expect on some of the Kim Basinger tracks. The volume level fluctuates a lot!

Recommendation
If you are really bothered by sound quality problems on a CD, then maybe you should find a copy of this CD at a lower price (I paid $24.00 for mine, including shipping/handling costs). Besides that, I highly recommend this CD!

The Homecoming

Label   : Not yet known    Cat # : HCG 150383
Released: June 1995        Format: 2 CD
Source  : 15th Mars 1983, The Met Center, Bloomington, MN
Type    : Soundboard Recording
Rating
Sound: VG+
Tracklist
Disc 1
  1. Warm Up
  2. Wet Dream
  3. Drive Me Wild
  4. If the Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up)
  5. Nasty Girl
  6. Get It Up
  7. 777-931
  8. Girl
  9. Wild & Loose
  10. Gigolos Get Lonely Too
  11. Cool
  12. The Walk
Total time: 62:58

Disc 2
  1. Controversy
  2. Let's Work
  3. Do Me Baby
  4. Sexuality
  5. Let's Pretend We're Married
  6. Lisa's keyboard solo
  7. With You
  8. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?
  9. Lady Cab Driver
  10. Little Red Corvette
  11. Dirty Mind
  12. International Lover
  13. 1999
Total time: 63:23

Review by Dazeofwild@aol.com
I believe this is the first double disc set to appear that features a soundboard copy of all 3 acts on this tour. The Vanity 6 set is more of a novelty than something you're going to really enjoy. I listen to it more for the scorching solos Jesse did behind the curtain than I do for Vanity's below average voice. I'm sure though that if I had been in the front row at this show Vanity's voice quality would've been much lower on my list of perceptive priorities. Vanity's set seems to do little more than just warm up the Time for their set. The Time was a tight enough group at this point to tour on their own had they been allowed. Unfortunately the live set they produced nightly becomes boring after repeated listenings, if not the first one. Very little about their live shows from '81 to '83 outshone their perfect studio versions. Truly a group that never had the oppurtunity to live up to their full potential and this is probably due in large part to their creator, Prince. Prince's set however does shine. The funky chicken grease guitar lines that permeate nearly all of these tracks from Prince and Dez are the true highlights. Cuts like Controversy, Let's Pretend We're Married, Sexuality, 1999 & Lady Cab Driver are driven by the funky rhythm created by the two guitarists. Not much separates the 1999 shows from each other. Prince would interchange several of the tracks but improvisation didn't appear to be as present as it was in the Controversy tour and in most of the tours after 1985. Packaging here is OK. Far from elaborate. Just a few blurry Purple Rain tour photos interspread throughout. Sound quality isn't extraordinary. The high end isn't very high and the low end isn't very low, thus making this seem kind of watered down. The true positive here is that it is soundboard and complete.


Recommendation
Yes this is worth having, but barely. Don't expect to rock out on this as it plays on your stereo. The sound quality isn't quite as nice as we'd like. This is something more to just sit down, listen, examine and critique. A nice but not necessary addition to a collection.

Hold me (1CD)

Review
Tracklist
  1. Come
  2. Endorphinemachine
  3. Space
  4. Pheromone
  5. Race
  6. I hear your voice
  7. Hold me
  8. Allegiance
  9. Your love is so hard
  10. The voice
  11. Rebirth of the flesh
  12. Play in the sunshine
  13. The ball - Crystal ball
  14. Joy in repetition

The Honeymoon Experience

Label   : Moonraker        Cat # : 057/058
Released: June 1996        Format: 2 CD
Source  : 19th February, Live at the Neil S. Blaisdell Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii
Type    : Audience Recording
Rating
Music: 8 (poetting@newbridge.com)
Sound: 8
Sound: EX- (ssapp1@ford.com)
Sound: VG+/EX- (Dazeofwild@aol.com)
Tracklist
Disc 1
  1. 1999 Intro (0:27)
  2. Endorphinmachine (1:38)
  3. Shhh (2:09)
  4. Days Of Wild (7:22)
  5. Now (10:04)
  6. Race/Girls & Boys (4:35)
  7. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (6:05)
  8. P Control (incl. Get Wild) (4:03)
  9. Letitgo (3:43)
  10. Starfish & Coffee (3:13)
  11. Micahel B Drum Solo (1:36)
  12. Sometimes it Snowes in April (3:20)
  13. The Ride (5:35)
Total time: 53:58

Disc 2
  1. Sex Machine (3:14)
  2. Johnny (2:20)
  3. Sex Machine Jam (1:09)
  4. Take Me With U (2:34)
  5. Funky (1:21)
  6. The Jam (6:10)
  7. One Of Us (4:56)
  8. Do Me, Baby (6:28)
  9. Sexy MF (2:48)
  10. If I Was Your Girlfriend (3:04)
  11. Vicki Waiting (3:52)
  12. The Purple Medley (3:00)
  13. Purple Rain (4:12)
  14. 7 (6:13)
Total time: 51:28

Review by poetting@newbridge.com
O(+> is celebrating his wedding with a concert series in Hawaii. The concert on this 2CD was taped only 5 days after his wedding. Very nice packaging with colourful booklet incl. description of wedding ceremony, lyrics from unreleased song Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife, excerpts from press concert reviews and a letter from O(+> himself. The sound quality is very good. Good show! Funny, that he and NPG are playing "old" Prince songs although they are stressing "Prince is dead" several times during the concert.

Recommendation
Of course a cut of a special honeymoon concert and a must for all Prince/O(+> fans.

Review by ssapp1@ford.com
First off, kudos again to Moonraker; the company that made the disc. The booklet and discs are truly beautiful. The booklet is 18 pages with photos from the wedding program (the same one I have from the church!). There is a page about the press release on the marriage of O(+> and Mayte. Two pages of the lyrics from FLSM/W. Pictures from the Honolulu Star Bulletin and a three page Letter from O(+> that was posted on The Dawn site. This is the best booklet I've see. The discs are silk-screened with a pictures of cupid on one and the front cover of the wedding program on the other. The sound quality is also top notch. IMO better than the Japan shows. Other than a woman screaming a few times during PR, it's near perfect for an audience DAT.
The beginning of the show is similar to all of his recent ones. Right after Starfish & Coffee there is an outstanding drum solo by Michael B. (yeah I said solo). After a great rendition of SISIA O(+> says, I'm on my honeymoon I ain't suppose to be workin'. There is also an excellent version of Take Me with U, (another Prince song). And as with the Japanese shows, a superb One of Us, (I think the man really wishes he wrote this). He does an almost 7 minute version of Do Me Baby. After the Purple Medley he goes straight into Purple Rain. Only the second time he played it since the name change (2/18/96 being the first).

Recommendation
The booklet, the gorgeous silk-screened discs and the near perfect sound quality make this double CD set a must!!

Review by Dazeofwild@aol.com
Packaging is the foremost pleasantry from this Moonraker release. The wonderful accompanying booklet is highlighted by photos from O{+> & Mayte's wedding program as seen on The Dawn web site. Other additives include: lyrics to the unreleased Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife, press release info of their wedding, the letter from our hero with his description of his displeasure of the music business, full track listing and a collage of Honolulu press clippings of the enclosed show. Oh yes, I almost forgot the show. Nothing too terribly shocking here. Very similar to the Japan tour from the prior month with the inclusion of One of Us, Vicki Waiting, etc...and no new unreleased tracks. Disappointing that he left out two of his most exciting newer tracks, Zannalee and Same December from this gig and so many others. It's strange that he refused to premiere his Chaos and Disorder tracks during these shows. Reminds me of the Purple Rain tour when he continued the tour nearly up to the day of the release of Around the World in a Day, yet only on a rare occasion did he offer any advance preview of the upcoming tracks. Odd tactic from someone so eager to display his vast catalog. Perhaps the only surprise of the show is the now rare performance of Purple Rain, a track that the man said he would never do live again at the end of the Act II tour in 1993. My personal highlight of the show must be during The Ride when he claims I want it so low I can hear a rat piss on cotton. Nothing wrong with being blunt I guess. Musical highlights include a rare extended jam on Take Me With U. Very playful show, but nothing innovative like the Paisley Park gigs of the past fall. Many of us have heard Days of Wild live so many times now that we seem to forget (or care for that matter) that it's never been officially released. Sound quality is the usual excellent with little or no interference from the surrounding fans.

Recommendation
Another fine release that will look fabulous on any CD bookcase or when showing off to friends, but perhaps this will be (& should be) the final document of the Gold tour. We're ready for the new material. As Nona's dad use to sing, Let's Get it On......

Hot Chocolate (1CD)

Review
Tracklist
  1. Expert Lover (10:22) [same as Crystal Ball]
  2. Strange Relationship (10:25) [a little different than the released version]
  3. Wondeful Ass (2:32) [same as from Crystal Ball]
  4. Neon Telephone (0:54) [done with the revelotion sometime in 1986]
  5. Movie Star (4:01) [also from 1986]
  6. A Place In Heaven (2:42) [really nice]
  7. Joy In Repetition (5:25) [roughcut of version that ended up on Grafitti Bridge]
  8. Untitled (7:35) [just says it's from 1986]
  9. All Day All Night (5:37) [a raw version of Jill Jones' vesion]
  10. Eternity (3:42) [sounds like its a demo]

House Of Blues

Label   : B&C Prod         Cat # : None
Released: 1995             Format: 1 CD
Source  : 21 June 1994, The House Of Blues, Holleywood, CA.
Type    : Audience Recording
Rating
Sound: EX
Tracklist
  1. The Ride
  2. Santana Medley
  3. Soul Sacrifice
  4. The Jam
  5. I Believe In U
  6. Johnny
  7. Mary Don't U Weep
  8. Peach
  9. Kiss [instrumental]
  10. Race [Voice]
  11. Race [instrumental]
Total time: 55:45

Review
This CD comes with a two page booklet and a transparent tray with the photo from the Letitgo U.S. CD single on the cover. 1000 numbered copies. 55 minutes, the complete show, with three bonus tracks at the end. Quality: EX.


Housequake (1CD)

SOTT warming up gig in MPLS

Label
Swingin Pig records
Marius Gimle Hansen <mariush@unik.no>
26. mars 1997